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December 2023

Oakland Ballet

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Oakland Ballet in Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker. Photo by John Hefti
 

Updated December 23, 2023
Check with venues for performance, dates and times
Dec. 1-2

Smuin Ballet
The Christmas Ballet

Smuin’s annual holiday extravaganza with new numbers alongside iconic mainstays like Santa Baby.

Dec. 1-2
The Ballet School
Once Upon A Christmas
A fully narrated ballet, based on a Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble story about a clumsy Elf named Roho.
Dec 1–3
Urban Bush Women
Hair & Other Stories

Bay Area Premiere. Brooklyn-based performance ensemble with a full-length dance-theater work exploring race, identity, and concepts of beauty through the lens of Black women’s hair.
Dec. 2, 7:30 PM
Dec. 3, 2:30 PM
Stanford Live
Jungle Book reimagined

Akram Khan’s new dance-theater production based on the original story of Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved family classic, Akram and his team reinvent the journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a climate refugee.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
Dec. 2 - 10
ODC/Dance
The Velveteen Rabbit

Directed and choreographed by KT Nelson and featuring students from ODC’s Youth & Teen Program. Based on the beloved children’s classic book by Margery Williams.
Dec. 2-23,
Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets
Includes new choreography, scenic elements, costumes, and a scene where it snows on the audience. There is also a live 9-piece chamber orchestra with Keisuke Nakagoshi.
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Dec. 7-10
Smuin Ballet
The Christmas Ballet

Smuin’s annual holiday extravaganza with new numbers alongside iconic mainstays like Santa Baby.
Dec. 13-30
San Francisco Ballet
The Nutcracker

Set in early 20th century San Francisco. Choreography by Helgi Tomasson. See Casting.
Dec. 14-17, 19-24
Smuin Ballet
The Christmas Ballet

Smuin’s annual holiday extravaganza with new numbers alongside iconic mainstays like Santa Baby.
Dec 15-16
Peninsula Ballet Theatre
Classic Nutcracker

Joined by the Peninsula School of the Arts. Meet the cast onstage after each show.
Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Dec. 16 – 17
Oakland Ballet Company
Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker

with the Oakland Symphony and Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir.
Dec. 16-17
Bayer Ballet
Snow Queen

Two-act ballet features hand-painted sets, original costumes, and an award-winning cast of dancers from Bayer Ballet Company and Guest Artists from Royal Ballet School.
Dec. 28 -29
Sara Shelton Mann
Within the Heart

A hybrid gallery installation and performance event Sara Shelton Mann, Jesse Zaritt, Niall Jones in Collaboration
Space 124 at Project Artaud, San Francisco
Check with theaters for dates and times.

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